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"The present book is a collection of fascinating and strange stories relating to famous mysteries....Such a volume could hardly fail to be readable, and the author has been successful in putting his narratives into a semi-fictional form which has spirit and entertainment. Mr. Bruce expresses in his preface the belief that while the last word has not been said with regard to such enigmas as are here discussed, we have in the last quarter-century by investigations reached at least approximately correct solutions." -New Outlook
"Will attract attention alike from the student of psychic phenomena and from the mystery pure and simple. The collection is worth reading from more than one point of view." -Chicago Record-Herald
"The ghost stories he has told us are interesting and not easily available." -Independent
"The author has done his work extremely well." -New York Times
"In this collection of famous events in which discarnate spirits were said to have played a large part, Mr. Bruce has given us a volume as interesting as romance....The theory of telepathy and the subliminal self has been brought in and most ingeniously used to explain happenings which seemed clearly to indicate to those concerned that the spirits of the dead had returned and communicated with them." -The Arena
"The inference is, that as these historic ghosts of the past disappear before the advancing knowledge of man's natural abilities, so will the so-called supernatural manifestations of the present yield to the knowledge of the morrow. In the last chapter we find an appreciative estimate of the work of the Society for Psychical Research. The writer claims very properly that it is a mistake to count the work of this society a failure because they still lack a scientific demonstration of the spiritual world. He calls attention to the fact that the exposure of the fraudulent claims of the demonstrators of supernaturalism - the stimulus given to the study of the psychical and abnormal mental conditions - the revelation of the powers of mind over body - the clearer light shed on educational and reformatory processes and methods by this society - all testify to the worth of the work being done by the 'ghost hunters of today.'" -The Western Christian Advocate
"Eleven historic ghost stories by the author of 'The Riddle of Personality.' Mr. Bruce, who is a well-known investigator of psychological phenomena and an accomplished historian of the various lines of investigation which have culminated in the developments of today, has carefully studied all the recorded facts bearing upon each of the celebrated ghost stories he here relates, and follows each carefully stated story with a carefully considered modern explanation." -Publishers Weekly
CONTENTS
Preface
I. The Devils of Loudun
II. The Drummer of Tedworth
III. The Haunting of the Wesleys
IV. The Visions of Emanuel Swedenborg
V. The Cock Lane Ghost
VI. The Ghost Seen by Lord Brougham
VII. The Seeress of Prevorst
VIII. The Mysterious Mr. Home
IX. The Watseka Wonder
X. A Medieval Ghost Hunter
XI. Ghost Hunters of Yesterday and To-Day
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About the Author:
Henry Addington Bayley Bruce (1874–1959) was an American journalist and author, born in Toronto, Canada, and educated at Upper Canada College and Trinity College, Toronto. He was for a time on the Toronto Week, then came to the United States, was employed by the American Press Association between 1897 and 1903, and afterward contributed to many periodicals, notably The Outlook. In 1916 he resigned as staff contributor to The Outlook. In 1915 he became psychological adviser to the Associated Newspapers. Addington Bruce also wrote books. His most successful work was in American history and in popularizing modern psychology and psychical research.
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- PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1540397920
- ISBN 13 9781540397928
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages164
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